Collar.



F. M. MAGIARZ.

COLLAR.-

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1910.

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FRANK M. MACIARZ, OF MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN.

COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 191 1.

Application filed June 22, 1910. Serial No. 5138324.

To att whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. MACIARZ, of Marquette, in the county ofMarquette and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Collars; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear and exact description of the 1nvention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The invention relates to collars of the type usually worn byecclesiastics with the point of connection of the ends at the rear.

The object of my invention is to so form a collar of this type that itmay fit necks of various sizes and at the same time will main-- tain itsproper position under all conditions. The invention will be hereinafterfully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claim. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view showlng a collarembodying my improvements opened out. Fig. 2 shows the same in itsfastened position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a collar of the style known as theturn-over usually worn by clergymen, and 2 and 3 the fastening tongues.Ordinarily the fastening tongues, in a turn-over collar, consist of theoverlapping portions of the inner sections of the collar, but accordingto my invention the fastening tongues 2 and 3 extend, respectively, fromthe inner and outer portions of a turn-over collar. tongue 2 is anelongation of the inner portion of the collar at one end whilethe'ntongue In other words, the

3 is an elongation of the outer portion of the collar at the other end.It is customary to have both tongues of about the same length,

but this is immaterial. Each tongue is provided with a series ofbuttonholes 4. to accommodate a button for uniting the two ends of thecollar. By the described means a single collar may be fitted to necks ofvarious sizes. Collars of'this type are not attached to shirtneck-bands, and in consequence trouble is usually experienced by thetongues pivoting on the collar buttons. But by elongating these tonguesso that they will extend well between the inner and outer portionsof'the collars bending at the point of location of the collar button isimpossible, and in consequence there is little or no likelihood of thecollar rising at the back. The rabat may be secured between the folds ofthe collar in the ordinary way or by any preferred means.

I claim as my invention:

A collar folded to form inner and outer portions, the outer portion atone end and the inner portion at the opposite end being elongated toform tongues, such tongues being designed to overlap and extend withinvthe fold of the collar, and provided each Copies of'this patent may beobtained for five cents: each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents, Washington, D. C.

